FrameThrower · Actors · Albert Finney
Albert Finney
8 films · 557 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1977–2012
Born 9 May 1936 · Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · died 7 February 2019
Albert Finney was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in the theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.
He is known for his roles in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (also 1960), Tom Jones (1963), Two for the Road (1967), Scrooge (1970), Annie (1982), The Dresser (1983), Miller's Crossing (1990), A Man of No Importance (1994), Erin Brockovich (2000), Big Fish (2003), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), The Bourne…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 557 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1977–2012
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film2003
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1970
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor1963
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor2003
- BAFTA Fellowship2001
- BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles1961
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2001
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role2001
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Silver Bear1984
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2002
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor1986
How their films are shot
Measured across 557 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Albert takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 52% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Albert takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 557 frames from Albert Finney's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.